What are the important events that happened on June 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 22 is the 174th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 9, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,719,014,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontatetragon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 221 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,201 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 22 Historical Events
- 1593 –Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- 1807 –In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1825 –The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1839 –Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- 1911 –George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1942 –Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1957 –The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
- 1962 –An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.
- 2009 –Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
- 2009 –Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80.
Who were born on June 22?
- 1941 –Michael Lerner, American actor
- 1948 –Steve Eastin, American actor
- 1948 –Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
- 1958 –Bruce Campbell, American actor
- 1959 –Mike O'Meara, American radio personality
- 1963 –Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- 1970 –Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1978 –Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
- 1984 –Dustin Johnson, American golfer
- 1987 –Joe Dempsie, English actor
Who died on June 22?
- 1535 –John Fisher, English Bishop of Rochester (executed) (b. 1469)
- 1874 –Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
- 1925 –Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1945 –Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (died at Okinawa by seppuku) (b. 1887)
- 1965 –David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
- 1979 –Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
- 1984 –Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (b. 1909)
- 1987 –Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)
- 1988 –Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
- 2008 –George Carlin, American author, comedian (b. 1937)
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